NEUROSCI 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Arcuate Fasciculus, Auditory Cortex, Occipital Lobe
17 Feb 2016
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Galen: father of medicine , believed in animal spirits. Descartes: dualism= humans have a nonmaterial & material soul that governs behavior through contact in the pineal gland. This went against monism: theory that denies duality between matter. & mind, only recognizes a single supreme being (one god). Phrenology: pseudoscientific fad that tried to associate different areas of the brain with exact aspects of personality first attempt to localize function (correlate different regions with specific behavior) William james: father of american psychology , argued that psychological studies should be rooted in biology behavioral neuroscience. Hear a word (ear/auditory apparatus/nerve) processed in primary auditory cortex . Wernicke"s area (posterior speech area) comprehended meaning travels via arcuate fasciculus. Broca"s area primary motor cortex to direct muscular movement (either speech or writing: wernicke"s area. Damage: symptoms: fluent verbal output with little content, preservation of syntactical structure, can"t repeat words that are heard, word blind (no comprehension for read/heard words, preserved: fluency, arcuate fasciculus.
